Suit Over Labor Agreement Mandate on Federal Projects Withdrawn

March 20, 2024, 3:33 PM UTC

A construction industry group is withdrawing its legal challenge to a Biden administration rule requiring collective bargaining agreements with unions on certain large-scale federal contracts.

Associated General Contractors of America Inc. and eight construction companies filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana without an explanation as to why they were ending their lawsuit.

The move follows a March 12 ruling from Judge David Joseph that the eight construction groups in the case lacked standing to sue in part because they had never signed onto a federal contract large enough ...

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